Instead
Instead is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 8 points
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Very common
Meaning of instead
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adverbIn place of, or as an alternative to.
“Felix became a herpetologist instead”
Similar: alternatively
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adverbOn the contrary.
“rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left”
Similar: rather
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of instead
Words inside instead
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- detain7
- tisane6
- sained7
- staned7
- teinds7
- tenias6
- tineas6
- stand6
- aside6
- dates6
- ideas6
- saint5
- tends6
- aides6
- deans6
- diets6
- edits6
- satin5
- sedan6
- stain5
- stead6
- stein5
- tides6
- anise5
- anted6
- antes5
- antis5
- deist6
- dents6
- dines6
- dites6
- inset5
- nates5
- nites5
- sated6
- senti5
- sited6
- snide6
- stade6
- staid6
Words that rhyme with instead
- bed
- dead
- head
- lead
- led
- read
- red
- said
- bread
- ed
- fed
- fled
- shed
- spread
- ted
- thread
- bled
- bred
- dread
- med
- shred
- sled
- sped
- stead
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